NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading trading higher in Thursday's session.

Shares of ITC (up 2.89 per cent) , VBL (up 1.61 per cent) , Dabur India (up 1.24 per cent) , Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 1.21 per cent) , Marico (up 0.9 per cent) , Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.76 per cent) , Hindustan Unilever (up 0.68 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.59 per cent) , Nestle India (up 0.49 per cent) , P & G Hygiene (up 0.47 per cent) , Britannia Industries (up 0.25 per cent) and TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS (up 0.23 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 1.16 per cent up at 29829.35 around 02:05PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 10.95 points at 10316.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 69.69 points at 34938.67.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, BHEL, SBI, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, Tata Motors, GAIL, RBL Bank Ltd. and ITC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.